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(movie)ASTRAL(2018.)

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The only movie about astral out of body projection in the horror genre that I have seen so far is Insidious, so I was eager to see how Astral will turn out. Starring Frank Dillane(Fear The Walking Dead) and Vanessa Grasse(Leatherface), this movie is about the metaphysics student Alex who tries to cope with the death of his mother. When he tries to reach out to her through the astral projection, he gets way more than he wanted….

The one thing that bothered me a lot concerning this movie when watching is actual slowness. Nothing important happens in the first half an hour,. Then after Alex and his friends decide to record his alleged astral projections, weird shit starts to happen. There are some spooky scenes with shadow people starting to appear and making Alex and his friends desperate for help.

Suddenly, the shadow people follow Alex everywhere and the movie finally gets creepy and turns into a psychological horror or mindfuck horror.

The ending of the movie was okay, but a bit too sped up after dragging first half of the movie. Decent, but waay to slow!

6/10

 

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(record review)Hillview-The law of averages(Morning Wood Records)

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Hillview are relatively new band from Los Angeles, California, this being their debut album. But, they are in no way new regarding the members˙ experiences playing in hardcore punk bands. This band is made of experienced people from Union 13.

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The album contains 12 songs of awesome energetic fast paced hardcore punk. I can surely say that the music of Hillview is a sum of the members experience playing in other bands plus what they privately love and listen. Besides being melodic and neckbreaking fast hardcore punk, these guys are not afraid to sail into restless metal waters in many song structures making it one very nice and technically perfect whole. But, not all is in technical song structures, so Hillview´s main advantage are beautiful melodies, great sung vocal lines courtesy of Eddie Carasco, the guitarist for well known Union 13. The vocals, which are very important for me in such bands are just perfect, so are backing vocal harmonies. While I listen to this album, I just realize how awesome it is and how perfect the songs are. If I must name some songs that worked for me above others which are also great, that would be Pictures Of You, The Law Of Averages and Find The Way. Perfect album!

9/10

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(record review)CANCERSLUG-Beating A Dead Whore

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Cancerslug are one of the hardest working diy horrorpunk bands in the scene, releasing countless ep-s, albums and touring mercilessly. I listened and reviewed their new record for our zine.

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It contains 18 new anthems. Gathered around mastermind vocalist Alex Story, who also sings for Doyle(ex Misfits axeman solo band), Cancerslug was always special for me. Why? Because of that fuck you attitude and not basically giving fuck about much, including the genre boundaries, their records influenced equally by metal besides hardcore punk. The other part of me loving Cancerslug are their dark, gory lyrics often exploring the deep dark human psyche and the last but not least, delivering awesome music and melodies. It is hard to tell the songs on this record that are more great for me than some, but I will try to tell my favorites: Unoriginal, Dick Solid, I Hate Your Kids, the title track…damn it, the whole damn album! Awesome!

10/10

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